Two boys injured jumping from freight train

Photo illustration / Chicago Tribune

Photo illustration / Chicago Tribune

Photo illustration / Chicago Tribune

Staff report

Two adolscent boys suffered serious injuries when they jumped off a train box car near Fullerton Avenue and Pulaski Road in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

One is 14 years old and the other 15, police said. They were inside the car and jumped out when the train started moving, police said.

They were taken to Children's Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition with traumatic injuries, said Cmdr. Sean Flynn, a fire department spokesman.

The first call came in about 8:11 p.m.

Metra trains in the area were stopped or delayed, according to the agency website, due to "police activity near the tracks."

A spokesman for Canadian Pacific railway, which owns the tracks, said their police were looking into the incident.